[Coco] newb: Can I use DriveWire with my CoCo 2?

[Chris Osborn]

On Sep 21, 2013, at 8:17 PM, Chad H wrote:

> If you are using the ROM's DIR command, you WILL get garbage reading that
> disk, since it is a OS-9 diskette and not RS-DOS format which the ROM is
> expecting.  Try reading a RS-DOS formatted .DSK image.  Or DSKINI one
> (format).  I did see where Aaron had "NOS9" .DSK images on the DriveWire 4
> site that should be of use to you in order to read the BASIC09 disk.
> Nitro-OS9 is the more 'modern' version of OS9 and if you load that DOS from
> the .DSK image AFTER executing the ROM....you should be in Nitro-OS9 with
> DriveWire support.  Then you can read that disk and run BASIC09.

How do I know that I have an RS-DOS disk image? Remember, I'm a newb. I have no idea what all these different operating systems are, how they work, or how to tell one disk from another. This is only my second TRS-80 and I've only had it working for a couple of weeks. (My first TRS-80 is a model 100 which I've had only a couple of months.)

> Aaron just stated that the DriveWire 3 ROM should support the DriveWire 4
> server package.  If we rule this out, and your cable is good, then the
> mostly likely culprit ends up being the most obvious...

Cable is definitely good, I was able to make myself a little hack and send this image over using COMM4. :-)

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